France’s Penelope Leprevost emerged victorious with Flora de Mariposa on the opening leg of the 2015-2016 International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Jumping Western European League in Oslo.

Kirsten Coe and Michelle Rodal joined Towell, Madden and fellow Americans Richard Spooner and Kent Farrington

A new independent body to oversee and eventually carry out anti-doping testing at major sporting events is being considered following an Olympic Summit in Lausanne, while a "strong signal" warning sports organisers not to discriminate against athletes from a particular country was also given.

also included Britain's new International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) head Sebastian Coe

Rio de Janeiro, which is due to take place between August 5 and 21.Related storiesOctober 2015: Coe

Great Britain’s Greg Rutherford and The Netherlands’ Dafne Schippers have been crowned the men’s and women’s European athletes of the year respectively at the annual Golden Tracks awards in Lausanne.

Rutherford, 28, received his award from Britain's newly-elected IAAF President Sebastian Coe, a keynote

Hansen, who welcomed his counterparts from the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, the IAAF, Coe

Athletics President Sven Arne Hansen (centre, left) welcomed his counterparts from the IAAF, Sebastian Coe

final score.More than 80,000 fans cast their votes on social media.Related storiesSeptember 2015: Bach, Coe

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe today revealed he is

of the pressure, some of the resource implications, some of the challenges of a legalistic nature," Coe

to the composition and function of IAAF Commissions for the approval of IAAF Council in November” Coe

With these groups I’m looking for speed of decision, focusing on trends and innovation," said Coe. 

Related storiesSeptember 2015: Coe announces IAAF working group led by Soderberg to re-shape one-day

meetings programmeSeptember 2015: IAAF President Coe predicts "bright future" for athletics in speech

European Athletics (EA) President Svein Arne Hansen says he is keen to strengthen relations in the Baltic countries after a visit to Lithuania.

Athletics and European Commission close in on rewarding synergy for grassroots runningSeptember 2015: Bach, Coe

Yea verily, we are at the epicentre of significant sporting activity. Even as we speak. ( Even though we are not actually speaking. But you get what I mean.)  

International Association of Athletics Federations, - erm, on the tip of my tongue, er, oh yes - Sebastian Coe

a happy accident if anything happens.”Or indeed an unhappy accident if something doesn’t.Meanwhile Coe

Dan Reed, head of global sports partnerships at Facebook, claimed here that social media companies such as his, as well as Instagram and Snapchat, are going to be “vital” for the future business models of sporting bodies and clubs.

Federations (IAAF) Presidential election, with both Ukraine’s Sergey Bubka and Britain’s Sebastien Coe

Former Sports Minister Sir Hugh Robertson is expected to be elected as vice-chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA), insidethegames has been told.

his work during London 2012, was nominated for the position by current BOA chairman Sebastian Coe

ahead of the World Athletics Championships, and correctly called the toss of a coin and decided that Coe

Robertson was nominated for the BOA vice-chairmanship by current IAAF President and BOA chairman Sebastian Coe

to be interested but didn’t submit a nomination.It has been claimed Leman opted not to run following Coe

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) vice-president Sergey Bubka and current chair of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission Claudia Bokel are two of the headline names on the list of speakers for the upcoming World Olympians Forum in Moscow, it has been announced.

Movement at the very first World Olympians Forum,” Ukrainian Bubka, who lost out to Britain’s Sebastian Coe

This year’s World Athlete of the Year award will not be open to athletes who have had serious doping suspensions, such as Justin Gatlin, the twice-sanctioned US sprinter whose shortlisting last year caused a huge outcry and prompted a boycott from another nominated athlete, Germany’s Olympic discus champion Robert Harting.

of the Year shortlist in protest at Gatlin's nomination, and the then IAAF vice-president Sebastian Coe

drugs cheat Gatlin fails to make final three for IAAF World Athlete of the Year awardOctober 2014: Coe

Sebastian Coe, in India as part of his first official visit to a member country since assuming the Presidency

Coe believes the global interest created by athletics as a team sport would help it survive the "high-class

2010 Commonwealth Games.The new centre of athletics excellence for which IAAF President Sebastian Coe

"We have a lot of work to do in that area.”Coe, who on Monday attended the Executive Committee meeting

Coe also attended the South Asian Federation Athletics Council meeting on Monday, reflecting on both

Related storiesSeptember 2015: Coe announces IAAF working group led by Soderberg to re-shape one-day

President Svein Arne Hansen’s new vision for European Athletics (EA) has been sharpened by the creation of the EA Strategic Communications Commission, which has had its first meeting in Velenje, Slovenia.

Athletics and European Commission close in on rewarding synergy for grassroots runningSeptember 2015: Bach, Coe

Outside of the Pope, the Dalai Lama and the Archbishop of Canterbury, is there a paragon left who might run FIFA?

 Surely Seb Coe would have been an interesting choice to become FIFA president had he not been

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) only a few weeks ago.By an odd coincidence, Coe

employed in FIFA's Swiss citadel who will say to him: ”Wish you were here.”Ardent Chelsea supporter Coe

repute from outside the game is exactly what FIFA needs to restore its lost credibility, which is why Coe

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has chaired the first official meeting of the Organising Committee for the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, due to take place in Baku, it has been announced.

Islamic Solidarity GamesMay 2013: Baku awarded 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World ChampionshipsJanuary 2013: Coe

newly-elected President of the International Association of Athletics Associations (IAAF) Sebastian Coe

updated Member Federations present about work in progress during his first three weeks in office, Coe

international athletics calendar and the World Athletics Series renovation project that began in 2014.”Coe

infrastructures, the human resources and the awareness which will allow athletics to flourish,” said Coe

Diamond League prize money list as Perkovic tops pile with $106,000September 2015: IAAF President Coe

predicts "bright future" for athletics in speech to staffSeptember 2015: IAAF President Coe set